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The Trump administration wages war on Meta

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Meta acquired Instagram in April 2012 for $1 billion in cash and Meta (then Facebook) shares and purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion in February 2014 .

FTC now alleges that Meta violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by maintaining a personal social networking monopoly by purchasing Instagram and WhatsApp .

But investing in software and attracting billions more users is a sign of competitiveness, not sclerosis.

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85

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86

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77

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formal

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English

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65

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